Camera Tattoo: Pretentious Artist

What Your Tattoo Says About You

There comes a time in every man’s life when he has to make that one fateful decision: Am I going to be a tattoo guy or not? Some men (and women, for that matter) think that tattoos are the ultimate symbol of masculinity, and that getting inked is some kind of right of passage to adulthood. Others use tattoos as identity signifiers -- “this is who I am, this is where I’ve been, this is what I’ve done.” And it’s true, tattoos are very apt indicators of personality types, and they’re permanent, too.

So before you decide to use your body as a canvas, be absolutely certain that what you’re getting is right for you. To help you out, here’s our take on what your tattoo says about you.

Camera Tattoo: Pretentious ArtistGetting this tattoo was the first thing you did after seeing Francois Truffaut’s 1962 film Jules et Jim. The second thing you did was enroll in film school, get rejected, then breathe a sigh of relief because its administrative hierarchy would only “stifle your aesthetic license.” Instead, you decided to become a successful auteur on your own terms, which meant getting a monthly subscription to Filmmaker magazine, purchasing a pair of horn-rimmed glasses (you have 20/20 vision) and solving all of life’s problems by asking yourself the question “What would Terrence Malick do?” Answer: He’d start by losing that tattoo.